The First Political Prisoner Released by Mikhail Gorbachev Reflects on His Legacy
One cheer for the former dictator.
September 1, 2022
One cheer for the former dictator.
On Tuesday, the former Soviet dictator Mikhail Gorbachev died at the age of ninety-one. His death has been followed by many accolades for having “ended”—that is to say, recognized defeat in—the cold war. Natan Sharansky agrees that Gorbachev deserves credit for having “perceived the direction of history and responded accordingly,” but presents a more “complicated” view of his career:
One cheer for the former dictator.
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Shrinking the conflict.
“Just as He is compassionate and merciful, so too should you be compassionate and merciful.”
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On Tuesday, the former Soviet dictator Mikhail Gorbachev died at the age of ninety-one. His death has been followed by many accolades for having “ended”—that is to say, recognized defeat in—the cold war. Natan Sharansky agrees that Gorbachev deserves credit for having “perceived the direction of history and responded accordingly,” but presents a more “complicated” view of his career:
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